Yes it's a rotten way of doing lawmaking. While, the issues that should wait (like Rahm Emanuel's eligibility to be on the ballot) get approved right away. Stinks. Our government's hands are tied by the liberal agenda and liberal judges most of the time.

I don't know. Like the guy who was concerned Guam would "capsize" and "tip over" because of over population.....I understand the corruption, power does that, we can deal with that. Ignorance I can't accept....

Just another attempt to derail the health care passed by Congress. How long is this going to keep going? The judges have more urgent things to deal with besides this issue. Futhermore, what they are ruling unconstitional is not in effect yet. It will not become effective until I believe 2012 or 2013.

Maybe not eliminating them, just controlling them like happened when Obama got elected. I watched a movie about Hitler last night. That's how he got into power. Backed by people who early on outright heard him spouting his hatred for the Jews and how Germany should rid itself of them. And they still gave credence to the carp that came outta his mouth! Unconscienable!

Actually this judge declared the whole law unconstitutional mainly because the justice department in defense of the law argued the mandate was unseverable from the law and since the 2700 page bill has no severablity clause the judge agreed with the incompetent Obama justice department and struck the whole down. This wont stop the Obama administration as they are prepared to ignore the judges ruling because they are ideologue thugs intent on the destruction of America!

So would the waivers not be valid? BTW, the Judge stated that the requirement to purchase insurance was not constitutional and also not severable from the rest of law. Therefore the entire law must be declared void. Basically what he is saying is that the law can not work(i.e. is overly vauge and not enforcable) unless EVERYONE has insurance. Further the requirement to purchase insurance is NOT constitutional.

Not so.We should provide care for the elderly, the helpless young, and anyone who's physically (or mentally) disabled. Heck, we even provide basic health care to people in our prison/jail system, as we should. It's basic human compassion.Beyond that, I agree with you.

So, according to your interpretation of the general welfare clause the government has unlimited power to do anything as long as they can say its for your own good?You see that's where reading the constitution isn't enough you actually have to study what the intent was and clearly your interpretation was not the intent!

This is definitely headed towards the supreme court. We know how the supreme court ruled on SSA. The only constitutional issue I see is using the commerce clause to force people to purchase a product from a private business. This is DEFINITELY unconstitutional. However, as I understand the SC rulings, a government run insurance plan WOULD be Constitutional. This is a stroke of genius on the left. If they planned this all along, it's a clear, backdoor path to a single payer system....

According to a survey released Wednesday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), 46.3 million Americans, or about 15.4%, did not have health insurance coverage in 2009, representing a slight increase from 2008. Nearly 60 million, or one in five, had gaps in insurance coverage over the course of the year, according to the survey data.

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